The three things that kept me sane as a child were bikes, books, and soccer

So? You think people stop talking to you when they are dead?

Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.

He used to say the uglier things are the longer they live, and the ugliest things live forever.

Imagination is highly suspect. Reality is what is beautiful. But we are blind to it because it is familiar.

Freedom had no place in the Soviet System. Freedom was another word for anarchy, and that wouldn't do at all.

Teen authors love to flirt with taboo, to grapple - sensitively - with dark and frightening issues, and there is nothing darker and more frightening than cancer.

No opionions, just strongly held convictions.

The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed.

A sign that your good deed has been accepted is that you do more good deeds after it.

A lot of people don't really understand what rehearsal's about. People are afraid they're gonna leave it in the dressing room, or you're gonna shoot your wad in rehearsal.

Don Karnage-he's one of my all-time favorites. He's so brash and so bold and so arrogant-and he just doesn't know what he's doing.

In my view, Indian Railways has immense untapped potential.

Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.

People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly feel you have become more important

It's hard to care when no one loves you.